Simnia patula

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Simnia patula
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Xandarovula patula shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Simnia
Species:
S. patula
Binomial name
Simnia patula
(Pennant, 1777) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [2]

Features [3]

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References

  1. Pennant T. (1777) British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea: i–viii, 1–154, Plates 1–93. London, p. 117.
  2. 1 2 Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) . Gofas, S. (2010). Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 5 June 2010 .
  3. "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - A gastropod (Simnia patula)". www.marlin.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.